Performance Verification

Digital Forensic Examiner I

CART Technician Certification
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
 Define performance verification
 Determine what equipment needs to be verified
 Update firmware on write-blockers and hardware
duplicator
 Perform equipment verification on write-blockers and
duplicator
Performance Verification

Test to see if the equipment is functioning properly

What type of equipment needs to

be performance verified?
Critical Equipment
Write-Blockers, Workstations,
Duplicators
Performance Verification

Test to see if the equipment is functioning properly

What events may prompt you to do a

performance verification?
Annually
Also whenever the equipment is new,
updated, or repaired
Firmware
Updates

Exercise #1

Notify an instructor if you cannot

locate this icon on your desktop.
Performance
Verification Now test the ports of the devices
using a piece of test media.
Attempt to write to the test media
Hash the drive
Exercise #2 Verify the hash matches the original value

Notify an instructor if your MD5 hash does

not match.